Is £ 220,000 fair for my Speciale?

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I've been offered a cancelled order today on something very special. It's a no brainer purchase. The F dealer will take my Speciale in PX at 220K. It's done 1K miles, is in TdF with white nart/ carbon heavy/ charcoal interior. Was 249K new,supplied by them to me last August. I need to move very fast. Is the offer fair? Any thoughts please. Cheers.

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Anjum said:

Hi Camlet

If it's an Aperta - then no brainer. If it's a LaF - then no brainer.

But I would get out on a track at least once - to see if it's worthwhile chopping it in! I'm sure the dealer will put it up at slight overs.....

Spa on Wednesday/Thursday....

Just saying...

A

Hi mate. Can't comment on the no brainer part but I'm with you that with the spec/condition my Speciale will be marketed by them at list or more. Can't blame for that but 30K delta feels like I'm paying hard for the "favour" (no change there lol). Just trying to gauge.

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F355spider said:

Really personal one this, i wouldn't do it myself.

I know what you mean. The head is no brainer but the Speciale coupe is wicked and heart is saying otherwise.

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red_duke said:

If you chop your Speciale it will have cost you £29 per mile. A sobering thought unless you make a healthy profit on what you've been offered.

I suspect there are other considerations in play here though?

Yes, it's called a bloody 458 Speciale Aperta. I was perfectly happy with my Speciale but if your Ferrari dealer calls you and says hey, do you fancy an Aperta which you can still spec - er, but we need to know like now and what colour, it's extremely sobering. In fact positively disruptive. Anyway bks, I've said yes and ordered pretty much the same spec as my Speciale now.

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ajr550 said:

Right call.Congratulations.
Getting a bit of a habit congratulating you on really impressive purchases.Fantastic collection now.

Thank you.

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gunner said:

Congratulations,the Aperta is very special indeed (no pun intended) but unless the dealership is predicating your allocation on the fact that you have to sell them the Speciale for £220k there is no way I would do it.So far as I can tell they are still excellent news and I think you could do much better than that...just my 2p worth.Good luck and well played again on the Aperta.

Thanks. In fairness to the dealer, they did not make their sale of the Aperta to me conditional on the sale of my Speciale back to them. Kind of you to say but I didn't really do anything except take the call (thankfully I wasn't travelling) and perhaps the ton of ear bashing I gave the dealer when I was excluded first time around. And judging from strong private interest the Speciale will not be used in PX either.

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F355spider said:

Really personal one this, i wouldn't do it myself.

Mad as it sounds, I'm not now going to part with the Speciale. I will take the Aperta and will professionally store it along with some other special kit. It will not be going anywhere.

But after two serious offers at list yesterday, I kept thinking about the Speciale today, about what some of the callers said about the car, about what you said above and the fun I've had in it. And while my dealer did me a big favour yesterday (the Aperta is very rare and very special) the call was forcing a compromise I didn't plan for or want. So crap, the Speciale coupe will stay and I'll use this as my regular fix. That car has a pull all its own.

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ajr550 said:

Right call again !

Cheers. Honestly it was the wife's logic as I was faffing around. Part of the deal is she gets to call when one or other is for the block. Fair enough

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Good grief no. Anywhere means someone else.